as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
a blurry image in the foreground of the photograph
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Recent Examples of blurry
But experts say these anecdotal sightings and blurry images aren’t proper evidence to indicate that any aliens have actually visited us.
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Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
As for the blurry and unflattering ones, those can go in the trash.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
So thank you, Taylor, for the gift of your stories, and for insisting on being an authentic voice in a world where the line between real and fake is increasingly blurry.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Inside the organization, the same gaps show up as competing priorities, blurry ownership and metrics that don't quite add up.
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Bob Ray,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for blurry
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
As for the blurry and unflattering ones, those can go in the trash.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
So thank you, Taylor, for the gift of your stories, and for insisting on being an authentic voice in a world where the line between real and fake is increasingly blurry.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Inside the organization, the same gaps show up as competing priorities, blurry ownership and metrics that don't quite add up.
—
Bob Ray,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for blurry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurry
Adjective
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Acting on such vague forecasts, like shorting Bitcoin, carries immense risk due to its volatility.
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But the movie never seems to have a grip on its hero’s moral code; despite urging Ruthye not to kill the villain, Kara’s outlook on her own use of lethal force remains frustratingly vague.
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Single dishes tend to be more sensitive and able to pick up faint radio waves from deeper in the cosmos, but radio arrays with many dishes tend to capture much sharper images.
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However, this new research showed that these point sources, including pulsars, would be extremely faint, and that is good news for scientists who favor annihilating dark matter as the cause of these gamma rays.
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Greenberg tried his best to ignore an irritating ankle injury that had plagued him the last couple of weeks and grimaced under the hazy sunlight as the pitcher, probably 20 or more years his junior, stared him down.
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In the private ward in the maternity wing, everything is quiet, all the surfaces immaculate and clean as if nothing at all has happened, your mother still hazy with the blur of oxytocin and carbetocin, staring out the open window.
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“Blurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurry. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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